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Support assembly for vehicle wheels

US4437536A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 29, 1982
Grant dateMar 20, 1984
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16D2001/103
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A support assembly for a motor vehicle wheel having an outer ring provided with a flange for fixing to a suspension strut for the wheel, an inner ring with a fixing flange for the wheel, and rolling elements which roll between the two rings, in which the inner ring is mounted on a shaft and is provided with oppositely directed conical surfaces cooperating with a conical surface formed on a shoulder of the shaft coaxially with respect to a cylindrical surface formed on the shaft itself and with a conical surface of a ring fitted over the cylindrical surface.

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